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Microsoft rebrands MSN to focus on content
Feb 9 2006 8:04PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp.'s plans to rebrand its free e-mail, instant messenger and Web search products under the name "Live" could be interpreted as a sign that MSN _ the unit that previously housed those products _ is a sinking ship.
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Craigslist accused of ad discriminating
Feb 9 2006 7:17PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal lawsuit accuses the online site Craigslist of violating fair housing laws by publishing discriminatory classified ads, reviving the question of what legal boundaries, if any, should exist for postings on the Internet.
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Microsoft plans to spend $1B to expand HQ
Feb 9 2006 6:08PM (CT)
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. plans to spend about $1 billion over the next three years on an expansion that will add enough offices at its headquarters to house about 12,000 workers.
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Cos. tackle online searches at conference
Feb 9 2006 5:26PM (CT)
PHOENIX (AP) - Despite powerful search engines, the vast and rising sea of information on the Internet often makes users feel like they're stuck alone in a rowboat when it comes to fishing out exactly what they need.
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Activists claim Yahoo again helped China
Feb 9 2006 4:50PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Yahoo Inc. has provided Chinese authorities with information used to jail one of its users for eight years, an activist group said Thursday _ the second time the U.S.-based Internet firm was accused of helping jail a Chinese user.
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BlackBerry maker develops 'workaround'
Feb 9 2006 12:50PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail device, said Thursday it has made good on its promise to develop a software "workaround" that would keep its service running if a court bars the use of its current system in a patent dispute.
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Google offers transfer tool for computers
Feb 9 2006 12:48PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is offering a new tool that will automatically transfer information from one personal computer to another, but anyone wanting that convenience must authorize the Internet search leader to store the material for up to 30 days.
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Europe is urged to improve Web security
Feb 9 2006 9:02AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Europe must work harder to make the Internet more secure as the nature of online threats becomes increasingly criminal across the 25-nation bloc, a senior EU official warned Thursday.
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